Course Overview: Students in Academic Writing work in the liberal arts tradition as a community of writers learning to compose and revise for a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts. ENG 151 Academic Writing is the primary entry-level writing class for all SMSU students and is one of the core first-year liberal arts classes. ENG 151 serves as a beginning point for helping students engage in the LAC goal to “communicate effectively.” Faculty will provide writing instruction that reflects current standards as set forth by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the National Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA).
In order to achieve the course goals, students in ENG 151 will write in a variety of aims, beginning with a broad perspective of a topic and moving on to expository writing and argument. Research will be scaffolded into at least four papers and an Annotated Bibliography (Debatable Topic, Expository Essay, Research Argument, and Narrative Essay). Instructors will utilize a “stair-step” approach to learning about and incorporating research, beginning with a shorter paper (1,200 words) and culminating in a longer researched paper (2,000 words) that requires the “finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing (of) appropriate primary and secondary sources.” At a minimum, one paper will include 4 credible sources and the longer 8 page researched paper will draw upon a minimum of 10 credible sources. Instructors should draw upon a variety and range of source material.
Students in Academic Writing work in the liberal arts tradition as a community of writers learning to compose and revise for a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts. ENG 151 Academic Writing is the primary entry-level writing class for all SMSU students and is one of the core first-year liberal arts classes. ENG 151 serves as a beginning point for helping students engage in the LAC goal to “communicate effectively.” Faculty will provide writing instruction that reflects current standards as set forth by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the National Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA).
In order to achieve the course goals, students in ENG 151 will write in a variety of aims, beginning with a broad perspective of a topic and moving on to expository writing and argument. Research will be scaffolded into at least four papers and an Annotated Bibliography (Debatable Topic, Expository Essay, Research Argument, and Narrative Essay). Instructors will utilize a “stair-step” approach to learning about and incorporating research, beginning with a shorter paper (1,200 words) and culminating in a longer researched paper (2,000 words) that requires the “finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing (of) appropriate primary and secondary sources.” At a minimum, one paper will include 4 credible sources and the longer 8 page researched paper will draw upon a minimum of 10 credible sources. Instructors should draw upon a variety and range of source material.
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